@libreoffice Excellent! Not just because they're moving to LibreOffice, but because they're doing the exercise of moving in the first place. A major reason why organizations stick with bad tech is because they don't know how to lift & shift.

@libreoffice just wish my university would let us submit assignments in .ODF format, as we can only really use Word... and as a Linux user that means Word Online, which is slow and clunky.

@libreoffice Thanks. Can you also share a reference to the source document that contains this decision?

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Thank you in the interests of all, except the overpowering large corporations! ✌️ 🍀

@libreoffice That's fine. But let's hope that the new government doesn't pull out ... (the paper is from March, the new government will be installed in May.)

@libreoffice ils ont mis du temps avant de comprendre

@libreoffice this is great, I really hope the rest of the world follows. Thanks for doing what you do!

@libreoffice is the "Standardisierungsboard" thats tasked with enacting this framework @FITKOfoederal?

@libreoffice Wait until the new German government is in place, then re-check. I have a nagging feeling this change might be stopped soon.

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How is #OpenDocumentFormat interoperability these days? The last #odfplugfest was 8 years ago.

https://odfplugfest.org

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I will believe it after it is done.
Not before.

@libreoffice Great stuff! Way to go!

@libreoffice which means, they will stick with MS and just change the default format ...

@libreoffice I really hope that as they make the move they are also donating to the Open Source alternatives they are using.

@libreoffice I love you LibreOffice !

@libreoffice If only the UK government does the same.

@libreoffice a new government will be formed in the following weeks.

I doubt they will stick to it. They are not the kind of people who don't listen to rich lobbyists.

@libreoffice Hope they don't change their mind in the meantime.

@libreoffice Congratulations 🎉 Maybe little known: the German federal government was required to be able to process ODF since 2010 already: https://www.cio.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/Webs/CIO/DE/it-rat/beschluesse/beschluss_11_2008_download.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2

> Das bedeutet,
dass die Bundesverwaltung bis zum 01. Januar 2010 in der Lage sein wird,
Dokumente im Format ODF zu empfangen, zu bearbeiten, zu erstellen und zu
versenden.

(wasn't easy to get this into place)

@libreoffice They seem to be standardising on ODF, not LibreOffice per se. Since MS Office also "supports" ODF (badly) I predict a longterm win for Microsoft. Either they'll just stick to it and endure the bad ODF support, or they'll erroneously blame ODF and lament that "unfortunately there's no practical alternative".

@libreoffice Back to the roots.
Staroffice, the grandfather of Libre office, was born in Germany ~40 years ago. Despite several semi-successful conversion attempts, I hope this time the transformation will be permanent.

@libreoffice oh wow, I know that the Dutch gov is implementing opensource as well (using La Suite and OpenDesk) but MS's office suite is the biggest hurdle to replacing Office365. Maybe this will finally become an option? @opensource

@libreoffice @nixCraft can we please all move to LibreOffice please, please, pretty please 🙏

@libreoffice I'm not sure how far that will go.

@libreoffice I love Linux Now😬

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Sorry, but unfortunately it's not quite that rosy. It's only a small federal state that is changing over. I could share the euphoria more if it were one of the big states in the south of Germany.
Unfortunately, the city of Munich switched back to Microsoft when they built their German office there 😒

@libreoffice I want to see some kind of documentary or interview on how this has changed their work and what they like and don't like about it.

@libreoffice Nice! I hope other EU members do the same

@libreoffice great news!

@libreoffice I hope to see real steps in this right direction of independence from corporations and a better and free experience for citizens

@libreoffice about time! we always said closed source is a glaring security issue, and here we are now.

@libreoffice Open standards? They probably mean Office "Open" XML.

@libreoffice wenn die deutschen Bundesbehörden wirklich bis 2027 den Wechsel zu #OpenSource vornehmen - wow. Das wäre Fortschritt